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Then came Pearl Harbor, and on August 1, 1942, a strike by the American Federation of Musicians, which ended all recording sessions.

Reveille with Beverly – Original soundtrackġ941 was a great year for the United States recording industry, as bad memories of the Depression-tainted 1930s were replaced by record-setting sales.

Oklahoma – Original Broadway Cast, 1,000,000 sales.

William Schuman's cantata A Free Song wins the first Pulitzer Prize for Music.

The Ward Singers first tour nationally in the United States.

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Fredda Gibson takes her professional name, ' Georgia Gibbs', and begins appearing on the popular Camel Caravan radio program, hosted by Jimmy Durante and Gary Moore (It is Moore who bestows the famous nickname 'Her Nibs, Miss Georgia Gibbs' upon her, a playful reference to her diminutive stature of barely over 5 feet).Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers sign with the newly formed Capitol Records (having broken from the Tommy Dorsey band in 1942).The event receives front-page coverage in The New York Times the following day. November 14 – Leonard Bernstein, substituting at the last minute for ailing principal conductor Bruno Walter, directs the New York Philharmonic in its regular Sunday afternoon broadcast concert on CBS.But not everyone was excited about Country music Dexter's publishing company sued 'The Hit Parade' radio show for ignoring their record. Despite fighting a World War in Europe and the Pacific, civilian and armed forces alike are caught up in a national craze not seen again until Elvis and the Beatles. October 30 – ' Pistol Packin' Mama' by Al Dexter goes where no ' Hillbilly' record has ever gone, to the top of the National Best Selling Retail Records chart.

The first song recorded was ' Pistol Packin' Mama' by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.

September 27 – Decca Records is the first label to come to terms with the American Federation of Musicians, which had been on strike since August 1942 over music royalties.

During the concert, which raises money for war relief, Ellington premieres his most famous and revered extended composition, Black, Brown and Beige.

January 23 – Duke Ellington's orchestra performs for the first time at New York's Carnegie Hall.

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By fall, he has left Bandbox to star in his own series Songs By Sinatra. Sinatra becomes a featured singer on the popular Your Hit Parade radio program, and the co-star of the series Broadway Bandbox.

January 1 – Frank Sinatra appears at the Paramount Theatre causing a mob of hysterical bobby-soxers to flood Times Square and blocking midtown New York City traffic for hours.